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Ludwig van Beethoven (i/ˈlʊdvɪɡ væn ˈbeɪt.hoʊvən/; German pronunciation: [ˈluːtvɪç fan ˈbeːt.hoːfən] ( listen); baptized 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers.
Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of the Holy Roman Empire, Beethoven moved to Vienna in his early 20s, studying with Joseph Haydn and quickly gaining a reputation as a virtuoso pianist. His hearing began to deteriorate in his late twenties, yet he continued to compose, conduct, and perform, even after becoming completely deaf.
Beethoven was the grandson of a musician of Flemish origin named Lodewijk van Beethoven (1712–73) who moved at the age of twenty to Bonn. Lodewijk (Ludwig is the German cognate of Dutch Lodewijk) was employed as a bass singer at the court of the Elector of Cologne, eventually rising to become Kapellmeister (music director). Lodewijk had one son, Johann (1740–1792), who worked as a tenor in the same musical establishment, and gave lessons on piano and violin to supplement his income. Johann married Maria Magdalena Keverich in 1767; she was the daughter of Johann Heinrich Keverich, who had been the head chef at the court of the Archbishopric of Trier.
Actors: Martin Kayser-Landwehr (editor), Loek Dikker (composer), Michael Meert (producer), Volker Risch (actor), Michael Meert (writer), Michael Meert (director), Enrique Sánchez Lansch (actor), Emmanuelle Collinet (actress), Adrian Ils (actor), Julia Holmes (actress), Thomas Wenzel (actor), Dimitrij Korneychuk (actor), Johann Meert (actor), Wim Meert (actor), Wouter Meert (actor),
Genres: Biography,Actors: Rodney Wilson (producer), Bob Lockyear (producer), David Stacey (producer), Liz Aggiss (actress), Bob Bentley (director), Billy Cowie (composer), Tommy Bayley (actor),
Genres: Musical,Actors: Helena Bonham Carter (actress), Niall Buggy (actor), Lucy Hornak (actress), Daniel Nyiri (writer), Daniel Nyiri (director), Jan Verdonck (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Roland Kuchenbuch (actor), Václav Kotva (actor), Miroslav Homola (actor), Rolf Hoppe (actor), Vítezslav Jandák (actor), Josef Hlinomaz (actor), Donatas Banionis (actor), Gerd Ehlers (actor), Werner Dissel (actor), Jürgen Frohriep (actor), Wolfgang Greese (actor), Herwart Grosse (actor), Fred Delmare (actor), Hannjo Hasse (actor), Stefan Lisewski (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music,Actors: Ernst Marischka (director), Alfred Srp (editor), Gerdago (costume designer), Ernst Marischka (producer), Magda Schneider (actress), Karlheinz Böhm (actor), Ernst Marischka (writer), Ewald Balser (actor), Helmut Lohner (actor), Anton Profes (composer), Gustav Knuth (actor), Lotte Lang (actress), Johanna Matz (actress), Albert Rueprecht (actor), Richard Romanowsky (actor),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Ewald Balser (actor), Karl Günther (actor), Dagny Servaes (actress), Richard Eybner (actor), Gustav Waldau (actor), Karl Hartl (miscellaneous crew), Alois Melichar (composer), Julius Brandt (actor), Erik Frey (actor), Alfred Neugebauer (actor), Iván Petrovich (actor), Helmut Janatsch (actor), Marianne Schönauer (actress), Herbert Ploberger (costume designer), Oskar Werner (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music,Actors: Annie Rosar (actress), Theodor Danegger (actor), René Deltgen (actor), Richard Eybner (actor), Wilton Graff (actor), Hans Holt (actor), Paul Hörbiger (actor), Fritz Imhoff (actor), Walter Janssen (actor), Curd Jürgens (actor), Alfred Neugebauer (actor), Karl Hartl (director), Winnie Markus (actress), Frank Wisbar (director), Ferdinand Mayerhofer (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music,Actors: Alfred Neugebauer (actor), Karl Hartl (producer), Theodor Danegger (actor), Richard Eybner (actor), Hermann Erhardt (actor), Winnie Markus (actress), Annie Rosar (actress), Paul Hörbiger (actor), Fritz Imhoff (actor), Walter Janssen (actor), Curd Jürgens (actor), René Deltgen (actor), Hans Holt (actor), Karl Hartl (director), Eduard von Borsody (writer),
Genres: Biography, Drama, History, Music,Actors: Barnett Parker (actor), Victor Potel (actor), George O'Hanlon (actor), Sig Arno (actor), Alan Curtis (actor), Albert Bassermann (actor), Richard Carle (actor), James Finlayson (actor), Billy Gilbert (actor), Harry Hayden (actor), Sterling Holloway (actor), Maynard Holmes (actor), Reginald Le Borg (actor), Gilbert Emery (actor), John Qualen (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Harry Baur (actor), Abel Gance (writer), Abel Gance (director), Jane Marken (actress), Georges Saillard (actor), Roger Blin (actor), Jany Holt (actress), Enrico Glori (actor), Marcel Dalio (actor), André Nox (actor), Georges Paulais (actor), Jean-Louis Barrault (actor), Jean Debucourt (actor), Philippe Richard (actor), Marguerite Beaugé (editor),
Plot: 1801, in Vienna, two young women, his pupils, are in love with him. Thérèse de Brunswick's love remains unrequited even though she and Beethoven are engaged for years; Juliette Guicciardi, whom Beethoven loves but who marries a count, regrets that decision, but by then he and Thérèse are engaged. When Beethoven loses Juliette, he moves to the mill at Heiligenstadt; realizing he's becoming deaf, profound depression sets in. He rejects suicide, holding on to remembered sound and to his work, a dedication assisted by Thérèse and others. In later years, we see his devotion to an ungrateful and thieving nephew, his poverty, the isolation of deafness, and the love of friends.
Keywords: beethoven, classical-music, deaf-composer, deafness, depression, experiments-in-sound, fickle-woman, homosexual-subtext, love-thwarted, love-triangleBy Samuel Friedrich Sauter (1766-1846)
Ach! mir schallt's dorten so lieblich hervor:
Fürchte Gott, fürchte Gott!
Ruft mir die Wachtel ins Ohr.
Sitzend im Grünen, von Halmen umhüllt,
Mahnt sie dem Horcher am Saatengefild:
Liebe Gott, liebe Gott!
Er ist so gütig, so mild.
Wieder bedeutet ihr hüpfender Schlag:
Lobe Gott, lobe Gott!
Der dich zu loben vermag.
Siehst du die herrlichen Früchte im Feld?
Nimm es zu Herzen, Bewohner der Welt:
Danke Gott, danke Gott!
Der dich ernährt und erhält.
Schreckt dich im Wetter der Herz der Natur:
Bitte Gott, bitte Gott!
Ruft sie, er schonet die Flur.
Machen Gefahren der Krieger dir bang:
Traue Gott, traue Gott!
Sieh', er verziehet nicht lang.